Research shows that physical exercise can be a powerful and creative tool for changing the way we feel. Sports psychologist Kate Hays gives you the tools you need to put together your own therapeutic exercise routine. This book offers strategies to help you discover what kind of exercise schedule will work best for you. It provides tips for setting goals to help establish a routine you will enjoy and inspires you to use exercise as a form of emotional healing. Learn how to use cognitive exercises and behavior modification to transform resistance and apathy. Discover how exercise can allow you to think through situations in ways with a refreshed, renewed perspective.
Kate Hays, Ph.D., is the president of the Sports Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. A clinical psychologist in private practice, she lives in Toronto, ON.